Pope Leo XIV Autographs Pokémon Fan’s Popplio Card

Man, if you’d been there… it was like this: “Your Holiness! Who knew I’d get the chance, right? Thanks for the speech. And here’s a little something from me!” pulls out this shiny Popplio card. I mean, it’s a Popplio. Sounds almost like Pope Leo, don’t you think?

So then, the Pope—yeah, the actual Pope—gives this chuckle. Maybe just to be nice, who knows? But then, he’s actually showing it to the guards. Made me think, huh, maybe he really digs it.

I’m fumbling around, found my other card and a pen, like, “Hey, could you maybe sign this?” And boom, he’s like, “Of course!”